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Tang San wanted to ask something more, but the Sea God seemed unwilling to give him another chance to speak. With a wave of his hand, Tang San couldn't make a sound, nor could he transmit his thoughts through mental fluctuations.
The Sea God seemed to be talking to himself, "Before we begin, let's clear out some irrelevant people, those who shouldn't be here… Wouldn't you agree, Blasphemer!"
The last three words, "Blasphemer," echoed through the empty hall like a thunderclap.
His eyes turned cold and stern, and his divine aura was almost tangible.
Tang San's pupils constricted, and cold sweat poured down his forehead and back. Under such pressure, even he could only tremble and shiver.
His two spirits involuntarily emerged at the same time, and his eighteen Soul Rings manifested one by one.
A translucent worm with twelve segments and starry colors seemed unable to withstand this substantial pressure and fell from the Soul Ring of the Azure Bull Python.
Tang San's pupils shrank, and his heart was filled with indescribable horror. What was this thing? A parasite?
The Sea God explained, "This is the spirit of that 'Blasphemer' Amon, a strange worm that seems to be able to parasitize the bodies and souls of others, thereby controlling them.
"It's very similar to the eighth trial of the Asura God, the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat, which controlled your great-grandfather.
"Your friends outside are all controlled by him through this method. Once you become a god, you can naturally save them."
Hearing the Sea God's explanation, Tang San felt relieved.
However, before he could relax, he saw another corpse of a "Worm of Time" falling from his Soul Ring...
Then, the corpses of "Worms of Time" fell one after another. Tang San's face changed repeatedly, from surprise to unease, to fear, and then to numbness...
Starting from the seventh Soul Ring of his Blue Silver Grass, except for the God-bestowed Soul Ring and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's Soul Ring, every other Soul Ring had a worm!
The spirit beasts he hunted were all arranged by Amon!
Then, he saw that his sixth Soul Ring directly disintegrated, turning into dozens of worms that fell to the ground.
Tang San and the Sea God looked at each other...
Did this… even count as completing the eighth trial?
The Sea God stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and said, "Soul Master Tang San, you defeated the Deep Sea Demon Whale King who was about to become a demon god, preventing the disaster from descending. You are hereby awarded a God-bestowed Soul Ring."
At this point, he simply stopped pretending. He directly pointed his finger, and countless divine lights converged to form a red Soul Ring, filling the missing sixth Soul Ring of the Blue Silver Grass.
Tang San: "..."
Just when he thought it was over, he suddenly felt nauseous, as if something was stuck in his throat.
His body convulsed as he knelt on the ground, vomiting several worms from his mouth. These were all parasites in his spirit bones, absorbed into his body.
The Sea God raised his hand again, and Tang San found that he could speak.
This time, he didn't ask about the god trials, but asked in a voice that was both horrified and fearful:
"What exactly is going on?"
He finally understood why Amon would so casually give him those invaluable spirit bones. It turned out they were all hidden traps!
Could it be that he had been plotting against me since the end of the Soul Master Competition, and everything about me was controlled by him?
Wait, if that's the case, then is Gehrman really Gehrman? Could he be a clone of Amon? Deliberately guiding me to this point?
That's right, and Klein, who claimed to have received the Sea God's trial, but none of the seven Holy Pillar Guardians or Senior Bo Saixi had any memory of it. Could he also be Amon?
My acceptance of the Sea God's inheritance, is that also within Amon's expectations?
Since I can be parasitized, Mubai can be parasitized, and Xiao Wu can be parasitized, then what about Teacher? What about Father?
What about Xue Beng, the Dean, and the elders of the Clear Sky Sect?
Having come this far, how many of the people I've come into contact with are themselves, and how many are Amon?
Immense fear enveloped Tang San, and he felt cold all over, his face pale and bloodless.
He glanced at the Sea God and couldn't help but take a few steps back. He was really afraid that this simple-looking middle-aged man would also take out a monocle and put it on his right eye.
The Sea God didn't know what Tang San was thinking and gave him a strange look, frowning slightly. He could see that Tang San's current mental state was a bit off.
So he reminded him, "Calm down, don't be disturbed. Right now, what you need to do is to wholeheartedly devote yourself to the god trials. Only by inheriting the godhood and becoming a god can you have the ability to solve all of this."
Tang San opened his mouth, his voice hoarse, "My coming to Sea God Island was also Amon's doing behind the scenes. I suspect he wants to achieve some purpose through me… Sea God, do you think my acceptance of the god inheritance is also part of his plan?"
The Sea God's eyes narrowed slightly. The first time he noticed Amon was when the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud fell into Amon's hands, and the divine sense left behind was corrupted by Amon's spirit.
His face also became serious, and he asked a question that he had been neglecting:
"The last time I paid attention to the 'Heart of the Sea God,' it was still in Amon's hands. How did you get it?"
"It was sent by Dai Mubai. In his capacity as the Star Luo Crown Prince, he returned the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud… also known as the 'Heart of the Sea God,' to the Heaven Dou Empire… But at that time, the emperor of the Star Luo Empire should have already been replaced by Amon, and Dai Mubai had also been parasitized by him," Tang San immediately responded.
The Sea God thought for a while and said in a low voice:
"Perhaps it was for the godhood. He had previously tried to invade the 'Heart of the Sea God' with his spiritual power, but I killed him with divine power.
"So he may have wanted to sneak into the inheritance ceremony by parasitizing you, and then replace you to become the new Sea God.
"But he ultimately underestimated the power of the gods."
As he said this, the Sea God used his divine sense to examine Tang San's body again, pausing slightly as he scanned the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's left leg bone.
"I have already checked your body. There are no worms. Do your best, pass the god trials, and don't disappoint me."
"Senior Sea God, the ninth trial is about…"
Before Tang San could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the Sea God.
The Sea God's eyes suddenly lit up, shining with golden colors, as if molten lava was flowing.
Everything around him suddenly became illusory, and countless golden mists rose up. A golden ball of light floated out from the Sea God's chest, and then shone brightly.
The entire Sea God's Hall trembled violently. After a while, the phenomenon disappeared, the light faded, and Tang San was gone.
The Sea God suddenly revealed a somewhat wretched smile: "Hey, I didn't say anything, it's all within the rules… The laws of the God Realm can't sanction me."
"Hmph… You're always taking advantage of loopholes. Sooner or later, you'll commit a taboo. I hope you can still laugh when my Asura Judgment falls on you."
A cold snort came from outside, and the entire Sea God's Hall trembled.
The heavy door was pushed open again, and a figure as huge as the Sea God, completely wrapped in dark red armor, walked in.
The wretched smile on the Sea God's face gradually disappeared, and his divine might reappeared. He stared at the approaching figure, his brows furrowed in a cold confrontation:
"Asura, I haven't settled the score with you yet. You forcibly inserted your Asura God trial into my god trial ceremony. What does this mean?"
"It's just that he happened to trigger my inheritance ceremony as well…" the Asura God replied indifferently.
"You want him to inherit both your and my godhood?" the Sea God asked with a frown.
"Why not? He has the qualifications."
"Aren't you worried that he won't be able to withstand it and will die in the trial?"
The Asura God replied indifferently, "Then let him die. It's just an heir. I can just find another one. I can always find one… I think the emperor of the Tudor Empire is also very good. He's almost condensed a Killing God Domain on his own."
"The emperor of the Tudor Empire?" the Sea God's expression sank. "Are you talking about Amon?"
"Amon? No. The emperor currently sitting on the throne of the Second Tudor Empire. Unfortunately, he's already preparing to condense the God of Thunder position and become a god through faith… It's not good for me to choose someone who is about to become a god on their own as my heir," the Asura God said with a hint of regret in his tone.
"What? Become a god through faith?"
The Sea God looked surprised. He knew the difficulty of this. Becoming a god through one's own faith is vastly different from inheriting the godhood through the legacy of predecessors.
The Sea God looked at the Asura God, his eyes flashing slightly, and suddenly smiled:
"Since you want him to inherit your Asura God position at the same time as inheriting my Sea God position, then why don't you wait here with me for the result…"
Although the Sea God was confident in his own strength and believed that Amon couldn't do anything under his nose, he felt that it was good to make more preparations when he thought of his strange methods.
After all, Tang San came to inherit the Sea God position with Amon pushing him from behind. Perhaps there were other means besides those worms parasitizing Tang San's body.
Leaving the Asura God behind can also be considered introducing an unplanned factor, which can effectively disrupt the other party's arrangements.
Since the Asura God intends to have Tang San inherit the godhood, he wouldn't sit idly by if something unexpected happened, right?
The Sea God calculated in his heart, and showed a wretched smile again, making a "hehe" laugh.
The Asura God's eyebrows twitched, and he had some bad premonitions in his heart:
"What are you plotting, kid?"
"Ah? Plotting? No, definitely not. I've always been known for being honest," the Sea God shook his head repeatedly.
After a pause, he said in a low voice, "However, there may be some small problems in the inheritance ceremony later. You, as the Enforcer of the God Realm, must bear with it…"
"Small problems… Heh, are you talking about me?"
A voice suddenly came from above.
Looking up, a young man wearing a black classical robe and a monocle on his right eye was looking at them with a smile.
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